Phantom Plague. How Tuberculosis Shaped History, Hardback - Vidya Krishnan

The definitive social history of tuberculosis, from its origins as a haunting mystery to its modern reemergence that now threatens populations arou...

The environment is not a neutral background to human struggles for power and profit. "Climate Change, Peatbogs, Plague and Potatoes" makes Scotland...

Reducere. DescriptionRyan, a physician, offers a history of the cure for tuberculosis, including accounts of the people and scientists involved. The final ch...

A surprising new history of Tutankhamun published to coincide with the centenary of his tomb's discovery.Publisher: Atlantic BooksAuthor(s): Christ...

The bubonic plague is a disease spread by fleas that live on rats. Outbreaks of the disease killed millions of people. Read this book to learn more...

In a richly designed work with maps, portraits, and graphics throughout, the award-winning author of the Jumbies series shows readers this underrep...

Charting the many and varied ways the coconut has shaped and continues to shape our world

Roland Ennos' The Wood Age is a love-letter to the world's most vital and yet most threatened material. It is the story of how wood has shaped our ...

From stone age to space age, every human who has ever looked up at the night sky has seen the same stars in the same patterns. They reveal our enti...

Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): J. E. LendonIllustration(s): 5 b/w illus.Number of pages: 328Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 168 ...

Explores W.B. Yeats and Ezra Pound's relationship as played out against the backdrop of Mussolini's Italy in the 1920s and 1930s and shows how Yeat...

Taking the ten biggest lies from history and looking at the people who propagated them, social commentator and expert historian Otto English shows ...

Reducere. In this account, a journalist traces the course of yellow fever, stopping in 1878 Memphis to "vividlyevoke] the Faulkner-meets-'Dawn of the Dead' h...

Reducere. DescriptionA New York Times-bestselling author explains how the physical world shaped the history of our speciesWhen we talk about human history, w...

Reducere. DescriptionAt the dawn of a new century, a newly elected U.S. president was forced to confront an escalating series of unprovoked attacks on Americ...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

DescriptionTuberculosis is characterized as a social disease and few have been more inextricably linked with human history. There is evidence from ...

A concise guide for ophthalmologists detailing tuberculosis, which can cause disease in multiple organs throughout the body, including the eye.

DescriptionOn January 3, 1914, Pancho Villa became Hollywood's first Mexican superstar. In signing an exclusive movie contract, Villa agreed to kee...

'Stands comparison with Sapiens... Thrilling' Sunday Times Read the Sunday Times bestseller that reveals the Earth's awesome impact on the shape of...

Reducere. How military technology has transformed the world The history of warfare cannot be fully understood without considering the technology of killing. ...

In 70 CE, the Jews were an agrarian and illiterate people living mostly in the Land of Israel and Mesopotamia. By 1492 the Jewish people had become...

Reducere. At the dawn of a new century, a newly elected U.S. president was forced to confront an escalating series of unprovoked attacks on Americans by Musl...

First book of 3-book series showing how maritime trade shaped the world from the Ice Age to modernity.Publisher: Pen & Sword Books LtdAuthor(s): Ni...

Publisher: Penguin Books LtdAuthor(s): Patrick RobertsNumber of pages: 432Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 151 x 358 x 38Cover type: Paperback / s...

WINNER OF THE BLUE PETER BOOK AWARD BEST BOOK WITH FACTS 2019! A vibrant exploration of the stories behind different colours, and the roles they've...

Reducere. Weapon. Legend. Energy source. Shaper of cultures. Center of controversy. Throughout U.S. history, the horse has served as one of the most powerful...

From the editor of the bestselling Histories of Nations, an eye-opening anthology showing how people have suffered and survived during plague and p...

DescriptionBehind every landmark drug is a story. It could be an oddball researcher's genius insight, a catalyzing moment in geopolitical history, ...

'Brilliant.' Alan Johnson 'Compelling.' David Kynaston 'The beer drinkers' Bill Bryson.' Times Literary SupplementPublisher: HarperCollins Publishe...

A history of historians that demonstrates how the telling of history is inevitably influenced by the life and beliefs of the storyteller - 'Grave a...

Reducere. Freewaytopia: How Freeways Shaped Los Angeles explores how social, economic, political, and cultural demands created the web of freeways whose very...